On the Needles

From left to right [all links are Ravelry links]: grey yarn (yes, it's recovered from it's rude treatment) to be this hat: here; purple yarn (top left corner) fingerless garter gloves (picture here), have two fingers and a thumb left, then weaving in ends; green yarn in middle a headband that was originally for me, but now will be for the LittleOne; orange/rust (looks red) yarn is the Canopy Cardigan, have just the sleeves left, the other bit is the fronts and back; and the bottom purple is the skater's overtop.

Goal: Now is just to finish something! (Then I'll probably immediately cast on for something else!)
Hope all have had a great weekend and great week last week! (I was out of touch there for a while, don't know why, I just was. It happens sometimes!)

Zip Code? What's a zip code?

I’m always perplexed as to why I have to give out my zip code to buy things…like…say YARN!
This started when I got one of those 50% off coupons in the paper last Sunday. You know the ones. They come in the flyer for the craft stores out there in the retail world. And since it’s 50% off, you can’t resist! Hmm…new needles (limited sizes and styles of course). Hmm…new yarn. But only one would be half off. So, off I go yesterday to said (well unsaid, but you can guess) craft store, hubby along for the ride, and make a beeline straight for the yarn aisle.
Of course I ponder…yarn or needles? And had the size 10 ½, 29-inch circulars in my hand for my next project (ravelry link: here)(but don’t have the yarn yet), but again wander down the yarn aisle and get seduced by a nice grey Paton’s Wool (dark grey mix to be exact). Hmm…that would make a great hat (this one ravelry link) and with the coupon, well, that’s just too good to resist! Frugal knitting at it’s best!
So, I stand in line, hubby comes in (he went to his bookstore in the same strip mall) right when I get to the cashier. Proudly I hand over that great yarn that’s going to be created into a lovely cabled hat, along with the coupon. And what does the "nice" lady cashier do? She rings up the yarn, the coupon and then flings the yarn into the bag. And I do mean fling. You could hear those sheep cry out in pain as that skein hit the crunchy plastic! Oh, the audacity!
Then she asks, ever so sweetly, "And your zip code?"
"I don’t have one," I say to her as my hubby snickers, knowing that I am peeved at her treatment of my hat, uhm, yarn.

More Yarn for the Never-Ending Project List

I went to a new LYS (well new to me) over the weekend in Phoenix. It was very nice, and they had a great selection of yarns and I'll definitely go back. But this time I picked up this:
Five skeins of Cascade 220 wool in color no. 2425. It's one of their heathers that is sort of an orangy/rust color. This picture doesn't do the color justice, but the flash washed it out too much. This is going to go towards a Canopy Cardigan (ravelry link) from the fall issue of Knitscene.
And then my Hubby picked this up for a hat (pattern to be determined). Galway Paint, the color no. is 805, it's olive/tan/orange variegated.
And then, of course, it's back to school days, so my local T****t had all the college organizational bins and things on clearance. This one is holding my garter fingerless gloves.
Don't know what these are going to be for yet. Probably some of the miscellaneous sewing stuff I have scattered about the house! I also picked up a great zippered pencil bag that I'm using for knitting things (of course) and some great scissors that will work great in the various project bags/bins/baskets I have (also lying about the house)!

(Cactus Edit: I added some new blogs I read on the side, check some of them out -- if you haven't already!)

Dogs on Thursday...

I'm letting the pictures speak for themselves.
(But Ella does say a Happy DoT for all her doggie friends out in blog land. She's ready for cool weather!)
And behind the first picture, you can see my new paint!

What to do with this yarn Wednesday

Near the cactus house, one town over, there's a thrift store that every once in a while I can find something interesting. So...this past Saturday, I found these:

...for $5.00 each.

Now that I've got them, I have no idea what to do with them. Any suggestions?

The Red One: has no label on the inside of the cone; feels like fingering/lace weight; possibly wool with mohair (it's sort of fuzzy, but not overly so).

The Green One: has this label: Yarn Country Yarns, cashmere/wool, 50/50; the original price tag of 1.44 pounds, unit price of $38.50, total price $55.40; feels like fingering/lace weight, too.

Purple, Purple, and More Purple

It seems like everything I'm knitting these days is purple. And the yarn I'm using is all from my stash, so I guess I went through a purple phase a while back! Now I can't get enough of orange and red! But I really, really need to use up some of my stash before I go buy more. I've had a trip to the LYS planned for a couple of weeks, but every time I plan to go, something else comes up!
Right now I'm still working on the skater's over top (ravelry link) and then on Friday (last week...I had to stop and think for a minute) I checked out from the library Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick and just had to start the garter-cuff gloves and mittens (ravelry link). I'm doing the mittens (fingerless) and in some mystery purple yarn that I think is Cascade 220 super wash because deep down I know, especially now that September is here, that I'm going to need them soon!
Sorry I don't have any in-progress pictures, maybe I'll be enthused to get the camera out and show you later on!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and welcome September!